Wool-oiling machine



P. G.- SARGBNT. Wool Oiling Machine.

No. 229,012. Patented June 22,1880.

Wnasaa PETERS FnoTc-Lll'HoanAPHER, WASHINGTON, D C,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK Gr. SABGENT, OF GRANITEVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

wooL-olLlNc'lviAoHINEp SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 229,012, dated .Tune 22, 1880.

Application filed December 26, 1879.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, FREDERICK G. SAR- GENT, of Graniteville, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful AImprovement in Wool-Oiling Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a device which shall sprinkle the oil evenly and uniformly upon the wool as it' passes under the machine.

The nature of the invention will fully appear from the subjoined description, when considered with reference to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure lis a plan view of the machine with the cover removed. Fig. 2 is a section on the line A B of Fig.1. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the part of the lip E shown in Fig. 2.

A is the tank into which the oil or oiling` mixture is placed. B is a shaft, having upon it one or more combs, b, formed of a rank or ranks of metallic teeth, whose ends reach nearly to the bottom of the tank as the shaft revolves.

C is a gage-plate, placed in advance of the teeth of the rotating-comb, which regulates the amount of oil thrown down from the combteeth upon the wool.

D is the cover of the tank A. This cover i is substantially a segment of the cylinder of which the tank A is the greater' part. At its upper front side it is cut away to leave a longitudinal opening, at the top of which, above the line of the shaft B, is placed the lip E, the lower edge of which is parallel with the shaft, and near enough to it to touch the ends of the teeth of the rotary metal comb, which, being deected back thereby, will, as the shaft moves forward, spring over the edge and by the suddenness of their resilience throw the oil off their ends in a very ne mist or spray upon the wool passing beneath upon the apron F or the conveying device -of the machine to which the oiler is attached.

The lip E is made adjustable by being attached to the cover by screws e, which pass through elongated holes c in it, and inclined inward toward the shaft B, so that by lowering it its edge is brought farther within the path of the comb teeth, and they can be sprung or vibrated a greater or less degree, as may be desired, or the effects of wear upon either the comb or lip corrected.

The lip E is placed above the level of the shaft B, so that the ends of the comb-teeth will, as their resilient motion takes place when they slip off the lip, move in a tangent to the circle which their ends describe outward and downward, and throw the oil so that it will pass out of the opening above the edge ofthe tank, also, so that when the comb comes in contact with the lip it will not be inclined downward toward it, which would cause the oil to ow off the comb and onto the lip, as is the case when the lip is placed below the level of the shaft.

The gage-plate C is attached to the shaftin advance of the comb. Its width is less than the length of the comb-teeth, and its edge is placed at such a distance within their path that the part of the teeth extending beyond it may take upon their surfaces the proper quantity of oil to be thrown down each time they spring over the lip E. The oil upon that part of the teeth which does not overlap the plate will not be thrown out of the tank, as it will adhere to or lodge upon the plate. The teeth coming in contact with the plate bhave their vibratory motion destroyed almost entirely, so that the oil not upon the overlapping parts of the teeth will not be thrown toward their ends by one vibration and off by a-second or third, as would be the case if no gageplate were used. Therefore it is a matter of little moment how much of the comb-teeth dip into the oil, and consequently no time and attention and no devices are required to regulate and insure an even flow of oil into the tank, and thus a considerable saving is effected.

I am therefore able to procure better and more uniform and certain results than icould be obtained, without very careful adjustment and constant supervision, with a machine throwing a spray of oil upon the wool by resilient motion not provided with the gageplate. This gage-plate is made adjustable by being formed of two narrower plates, c c', one

overlapping the other, and fastened together by set-screws 02, which pass through elongated holes in 011e of the plates and are tapped into the other, so that greater or less lengths of lthe teeth may overlap7 and a greater or less above the level of the comb-shaft, substani tially as described. 15

2. In combination with the tankA, the shaft B, having the comb b, and gageplate C, substantially as described.

3. In combination With the tank A, the shaft B, having the comb b, the gage-plate O, and 2o the lip E, substantially as described.

FREDERICK GRANDERSON SARGENT.

Witnesses ARTHUR B.'PLIMPToN, ARTHUR WRIGHT. 

